Jacob Sidney "Little Jake" Sparks

1869 - 1940  (71 years)

• Name	Jacob Sidney "Little Jake" Sparks
  Birth	17 Oct 1869	Mentz, Colorado Co, Texas
  Gender	Male
  Census	1910	Beaumont (Precinct 6), Jefferson Co, Texas
  	Sparks, Jacob S. 42 1868 widowed TX TX TX laborer oil field Dhi dau 18 1892 Pearl dau 16 1894 Herbert son 13 1897 Ray son 10 1900 Alice 7 dau 1903 Nettie B. dau 5 1905
  Death	6 Dec 1940	Luling, Caldwell Co, Texas
  Burial	Luling City Cem, Luling, Caldwell Co, Texas
  Notes	Informant on son Herbert Custard's d.c. on Oct 9, 1918, in Bay City, Matagorda, Texas. Jacob Sidney or ?Little Jake was born about 10 miles northwest of Columbus, Colorado County, Tx., between the Bernard river and the Bernard creek. His father, Jacob E. or ?Jake? did a little farming but mostly cattle. Little Jake never got to know his father as he was not quite 2 years old when his father died. (Or rather when he was killed)Little Jake didn?t stay around in the area long after his mother died. He lived in the Jefferson County area in 1910, a widower at 42 with 6 children and working in the oil field. Looks like Fannie died having their last child. Which was born on the 8/15/1908 and didn?t live long enough to be named. So she died for sure between the 8/15/1908 and when the census were taken in 1910.They lived a while in Matagorda County in the Clemville area for a while. I guess after Fannie died it was hard to stay any where long.Little Jake last address was 300 Houston St. Luling, Tx.. Later moved in with son James Ray at 217 Cottonwood St. Luling, Tx. Jake?s oldest son, Hebert Custard died 10/8/1918 while living there in the Clemville area. Clemville was and still is a oil field town. Back around that time it was booming.Jacob Sidney and most of the family are buried in the Cemetery at Luling. (by James Willis Sparks - on Ancestry.com)
  Person ID	I542	Roots
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2011

  
  

  Father	Jacob E "Jake" Sparks,   b. 1828, Alabama d. Feb 1871, Colorado Co, Texas (Age 43 years)
  Mother	Nancy Johnson,   b. 9 Jul 1837, Jefferson Co, Texas d. 13 Jun 1903, Eagle Lake, Colorado Co, Texas (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	1853	Orange Co, Texas
  Family ID	F218	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Fannie Irene Courts,   b. 1875, Sparks Settlement, Aurora, Jefferson Co, Texas d. Bef 1910, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	13 Jan 1892	Jefferson Co, Texas   [1]
  Children	1. Dye Vernon Sparks,   b. 1893, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas d. 13 Apr 1953, Luling, Caldwell Co, Texas (Age 60 years)   2. Pearl Sparks-Allen,   b. 1894, Texas d. 23 Dec 1927, Houston, Harris Co, Texas (Age 33 years)   3. Herbert Custard Sparks,   b. 28 Dec 1897, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas d. 09 Oct 1918, Bay City, Matagorda Co, Texas (Age 20 years)   4. Ray James Sparks,   b. 13 Mar 1898, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas d. 19 Mar 1960, Luling, Caldwell Co, Texas (Age 62 years)   5. Alice Sparks,   b. 1903, Texas d. Aft 1910, of, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age 8 years)   6. Nettie Sparks,   b. 1905, Texas d. Aft 1910, of, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age 6 years)
  Family ID	F263	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2011

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 13 Jan 1892 - Jefferson Co, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S354] Marriage Books A&B Jefferson Co 1837-1899.